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Research projects · TU Wien

RoboRacer research platform · Scuderia Segfault / TU Wien; representative platform, not an AIDA result

AIDA — AI-Driven Distributed Autonomy

Research on distributed learning, planning and coordination for connected autonomous vehicles, with a focus on real-time and safety requirements.

My role: Principal Investigator · Co-I: Prof. Ezio Bartocci

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Responsibilities & outputs

Project leadership; proposed responsibility for integration and experimental validation, coordination and dissemination (WP4–WP6). Research contribution to learning-based control.

Interactive coordination concept
AIDAConcept animation · not experimental data

Research collaboration: TU Wien · TrustCPS / Ezio Bartocci

FWF · Austrian Science Fund

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Electric refrigerated vehicle in the test facility · Poks et al., IEEE Access (2024)

Electric refrigerated vehicles

Predictive energy management, scalable cooling control and fault detection, evaluated in simulation, on a test bench and on a vehicle prototype.

Co-project lead, CONSERVE · budget and project management

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Responsibilities & outputs

Co-project leadership with responsibility for budget and project management. Model-based predictive control for an electric refrigerated transporter, energy management and validation.

Partners: VOLTIA · IESTA · HiWitronics · TU Wien / IFA

FFG · project 871526

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KEYTECH4EV demonstrator · AVL, official project release

KEYTECH4EV — Fuel-cell System Modelling

Simulation-based investigation of fuel-cell system dynamics to support virtual sensors, in collaboration with AVL.

Work package lead

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Responsibilities & outputs

Work package leadership reported in the revised FWF CV. Simulation-based investigation of fuel-cell dynamics and virtual sensors.

Consortium: AVL (lead) · MAGNA STEYR · ElringKlinger · HOERBIGER · HyCentA · IESTA · TU Graz · TU Wien

Climate and Energy Fund · FFG programme administration

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Published distributed control architecture · Poks et al. (2022), Fig. 1

DiNaMiC — Distributed Cooling Control

Distributed model predictive control for modular refrigeration units; development of scalable control architectures for coordinated, energy-efficient cooling.

Work package lead

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Responsibilities & outputs

Work package leadership. Distributed hierarchical control and modular refrigeration; related publication: Distributed hierarchical control for multiple refrigeration units (2022).

Partner: PRODUCTBLOKS (PBX) · TU Wien

FFG · project 871303

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Original VARI-SPEED II control architecture · TU Wien

Variable-speed helicopter powertrain

Contributions to rotor-system simulation and published work on two-degree-of-freedom compound-split transmission control.

Work package lead · control of the compound-split transmission

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Responsibilities & outputs

Work package leadership. Control design for a compound-split transmission with variable rotor speed, modelling and validation; related IEEE TAES publication (2026).

Partners: TU München · Zoerkler Gears · Advanced Drivetrain Technologies · TU Wien

FFG · VARI-SPEED II

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Tyre–road characteristics and test motorcycle · TU Wien

Motorcycle safety

Research on tyre–road friction potential, including co-authorship of the AVEC 2024 publication.

Work package lead · RWS Motorcycle

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Responsibilities & outputs

Work package leadership in RWS Motorcycle. Tyre–road friction-potential estimation; research and experimental-data-based validation.

Research team: Christoph Ott · Florian Klinger · Agnes Poks · TU Wien

Industrial research funding

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Electronic braking assistance under test · © TU Wien

Safer micromobility

Involvement in research on electronic braking assistance for e-scooters. Public project information describes testing under realistic riding conditions.

Work package lead · FANFARE

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Responsibilities & outputs

Work package leadership recorded in the revised FWF CV. Research context: electronic braking assistance and experimental evaluation for micromobility.

Partners: TU Wien · AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

Austrian Road Safety Fund (VSF)

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